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40 Must Read Books in Life

Reading books allows us to learn and access knowledge in a way that no other medium can provide. These books will play a significant role in your life just like it did in mine.
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The Knight in the Panther's Skin (Shota Rustaveli)
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
1
Shota Rustaveli
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
2
Ray Bradbury
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
3
The Headless Horseman (Mayne Reid)
The Headless Horseman
4
Mayne Reid
The Right Hand of the Grand Master (Konstantine Gamsakhurdia)
The Right Hand of the Grand Master
5
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia
The Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
The Inferno
6
Dante Alighieri
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
7
Oscar Wilde
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
8
Haruki Murakami
Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
9
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
10
Louisa May Alcott
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
11
Stieg Larsson
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
12
Sun Tzu
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
13
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
14
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
15
Khaled Hosseini
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
16
George Orwell
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
17
Miguel De Cervantes
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
18
Sir Walter Scott
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
19
Mary Shelley
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
20
John Steinbeck
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
21
Homer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
22
Victor Hugo
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
23
William Faulkner
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
24
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
25
Milan Kundera
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
26
Leo Tolstoy
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
27
Franz Kafka
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
28
Anne Frank
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
29
Mikhail Bulgakov
Wonder (Cameron Jace)
Wonder
30
Cameron Jace
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
31
Ken Kesey
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
32
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
33
Alexandre Dumas
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
34
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
35
Charlotte Bronte
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
36
Sylvia Plath
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
37
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
38
Emily Bronte
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
39
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
40
J.D. Salinger
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